Typewriter desk



Feb. 24, 1931. l VAALER 1,793,764

TYPEWRTER DESK Filed July 8, 1927' 35 my invention.

Patented Feb. 24, 1931 Unirse stains PATENT OFFICE JENS VAALER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO THE CLEMETSEN COMPANY, I" CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS TYrEWn-I'rnn DESK Application led .Tuly 8,

for use, and more particularly to an improven ment in the arrangement of the swinging; door, whichdoor closes the typewriter well when. the typewriter is not in use. y

One ot the objects ot my invention to 1.5 provide a means of preventing the swing;-

ing door from movingV downwardly to such posit-ion that the knobs, handles,ior ornamental projections that are located on the door would strike the base rail when the door is is being pushed backwardly in a horizontal position into the well of the desk to be out ot the way of the operator during' the use ot the typewriter. In the former construction et typewriter desks, the knobs, handles or ornamental projections would tend to strike the base rail were the least amount ot downward pressure applied to the door when the door was pushed horizontally into 'the well of the desk. Thus there would be a. tendency to 53 break or mar the knobs, handles or ornamental projections, or interfere with the pushing of the door into the desk.

My invention further resides in the combination, construction and arrangement oit parts shown in the accompanying' drawing.

and while I have shown therein a preferred embodiment, I wish it understood that the Y same is susceptible lot modification and change without departing from the spirit of Further objects, advantages and capabilities will later more fully appear and are inherentlj7 possessed by my invention.

. Y. Referring now to thedrawing, .in which l ci is illustrated one embodiment oi' my inven tion sect-ion showing myinvention applied. tothe ,i swinging door of a typewriter desk, the door 513- of Fig. l;

l11 ifi'. 1 is fragmentary view in vertical cross 1927. "serial NQ. 2o4,154.`

l*1 ig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective oi" my invention.

lteferring now in greater detail `to the drawings, 1 is a typewriter desk ot the type ini which the typewriter is swung,r into the desk When not in use and moved outwardly and upwardly tor use, and provided with a top Q, pedestals 3 and 4, and a base rail 5. A swinging door 6 is pivotally connected to the sliding carriage hymcans et a hinge 8, the hinge beingr provided with aspring S). The carriage is constructed with rollers or projections 10 which enter the slot 11 in the slides `or runners 12. rlf'he spring tends to swing the door into vertical position so that when the typewriter is swung into the desk and the door is in its withdrawn horizontal position, the spring1 will tend to close and keep the door in vertical position. The door 6 is provided on its face with a series of knobs or handles 13.

Il guide lug' 1d rigidly mounted on one side of the door. Generally a guide luey on but one side is sufiicient, although the door may he In'ovided on both sides with such lugs. This guide lug,r is `preferably positioned on the inside or side adjacent the op erator. The guide lug comprises a horizontal portion having a downwardly extend* j ing lip 16 adapted to be driven into or embedded in the door, an npstanding portion 17, and an arcuate flange or extension 18. A screw 19 combined with the downwardly ex tending lip 16, holds the lug,l rigidly in place. This arcuate flange or extension is 'positioned so that it engages with the slot or groove '11 before the central knob or handle is in a position to contact with the hase rail. There if; no danger of the lower knob or 'handle striking or iinpinging against the hase rail, 'for the reason that it is positioned in close proximity to the hinge member 8.

Wlhen the door is in horizontal position as shown in Fig. 1 oi: the drawings, the lug due lto its arcuate contour guides itself' into the slot or groove 11 on the slide or runner 12, thus insuringthat the door will slide backwardly into position without striking the knobs or handles.

Having shown and described my invention, I clailnz- Y l. In a desk'eonstruetion provided with a. base rail and a Well adapted to house a typewriter7 runners in said Well and provided with alongitudinalslotfaslidable ear-V riage Within said .well and Carried by `said runners, a door provided with knobs or handles and being hinged to said carriage to swing the door into a horizontal position and be pushed into y'the Well Aof the desk, a guide lug connected to said door and having an extension adapted to be received 'by said slot for preventing said -knobs o1-handles from iinpinging'against said base rail when thedoor is pushed intosaid well7 said exten# sion of said guide lug being arcuate shaped to facilitate the initialentranee of said eX- tension into said slot. i

`2. Aguide llug for :L typewriter desk door,

comprising va ybody pai-t, vu downwardly extending lip adapted to vbe driven into said door, an upstanding portion, `and un arcuate flange extending laterally 'from said portion adapted to be received by aslot in said desk for guiding vsaid door. n

In witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name Vto this' specification.

e JENS VAALER- 

